When planning, we usually focus on what we will do in a situation. As such, our 'behaviour' should be aligned with our values and beliefs and underpinned by a coherent 'philosophy'.

What is it to think critically? In some ways, it's being adept at detecting bullshit. Indeed, I often tell students they need to be a bit more like Bullshit Man.

David Hume's Is/Ought problem describes how we often observe the way the world is and, from that, derive how things should be.

Teaching and learning is an infinitely complex area where definitive black-and-white answers are extremely rare and the essential ‘shades of grey’ are often difficult to define and/or convey.

If we want to prevent out-dated knowledge and behaviours from being passed on and reproduced, we need to consider more critically the constructs that the social environment uses to judge teaching and coaching quality.

Much of the coaching practice that coaches observe and discuss in the coaching environment may have been influenced more by tradition, emulation, and historical precedence in the sport than through critical consideration of the latest research.